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Conference thebay::joyoflex

Title:The Joy of Lex
Notice:A Notes File even your grammar could love
Moderator:THEBAY::SYSTEM
Created:Fri Feb 28 1986
Last Modified:Mon Jun 02 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1192
Total number of notes:42769

890.0. "Who named the continents?" by NYUK::C_ROLKE (Chuck! Didn't you see those baboons??) Mon Jun 10 1991 21:49

               Africa
         North America
         South America
               Antarctica
               Asia
               Australia
               Europe
    
    Who do I talk to about getting Europe's name changed to something which
    starts with the letter 'A'?  Maybe if I hurry I can get it done in time
    for 1992.
    
    Chuck
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890.1... Aurope or A rope? ...MODEL::CIUFFINIGod must be a Gemini...Mon Jun 10 1991 22:484
    
    I think you need to contact Vanna White. She currently holds reign
    over vowels and consonants.
    jc
890.2SSDEVO::EGGERSAnybody can fly with an engine.Tue Jun 11 1991 00:183
    If you spell it Europa, then all the continents end in the letter A.
    That's even better, since you don't have to do anything special with
    North and South America.
890.3JIT081::DIAMONDThis note is illegal tender.Tue Jun 11 1991 03:351
  If you spell the name in most European languages, it DOES start with "eh"!
890.4EasyVOGON::JOHNSTONThu Jun 27 1991 15:574
If you want consistency, just speak Turkish - "Avrupa".

Ian
890.5All ending in "A"BPSOF::GYONGYOSIMon Jun 05 1995 07:583
    Re .2
    This isn't a fiction, Hungarian language does so!
    GyJ